what is the purpose of MediaCache folder on a Mac

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web-browsing
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07-03-2021
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Question

What is the purpose of /private/var/folders/zg/jjtx0_k94pdc5p5q6gcvf4900000gn/T/MediaCache folder? It looks like some sort of database. I noticed it gets updated while browsing quite often.

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Solution

It seems to be a disk cache for any media files (video, audio) you watch in browser. CachedMedia- seems to be a cached chunk of media data and diskcacherepository.plist is an index file of URL <-> media chunk relations.

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